Grip for golf clubs and the like



April 2, 1940. E. B. LAMKIN GRIP FOR GOLF cwss AND THE LIKE 'Filed April 17, 1939 v6 5 1m Am .i 2 7 1g 6 jzadezafijr Ever B Zamizh have been" involved in previous attempts to pro- Patented 2,1340 i v r I GRIP-FOR GOLF CLUBS AND THE LIKE -Elver B. Lamkin, Chicago, 111.

Application April 17, 1939, Serial No. 268,227 I 8 Claims. (01. 273-.81) s invention relatesto grips for golf clubs and I4 may be buried by a wire brush to bring out the the like, that is, the surfacing of the handles for. fibers and accentuate the suede surface. golf'clubs, rackets, etc. The suede margins I4 are preferably. faced One of itsprincipal objects. is to achieve an parallel with the land l3 and the back surface l5, ll-Weather grip-one which will afford a firm rather than being tapered in cross section. A 5 hold whether wet from rain 'orperspiration or shoulder-l6 divides the land 13 from the adjoindry- -with'out the expensacomplication, or added ing margin l4. laborfcostofa plurality of wrapping. strips; com- The leather strip I2 is wound spirally about the posite wrapping strips, or like expedients which handle in the usual manner with its lateral edges I1 abutting. It is secured to'the handle by the vide all-weather grips. s v usual adhesive cement. The ends of the strip are An auxiliary object is to supplement the allout obliquely at the angle of lead, as is usualyveather grip by slight abutments iin' its conforlfiwer d y e bound by Whipp n mation, affording additional purchase for the he upper argin ll of one convolution and players hands, all without adding to the expense w rmargin M of the adjo COIIVOIHtiOH 15 or complication of the grip. thereabovecombine to'form a' shallow groove l4 stillan thg bj tr t prdvide a, h u between the convolutions of the land @l3. Ihe abutment-forming spiral; groove in the grip in groove l4, although twice the width of a margin such a manner that the exposed shoulders do not 14, preferably 11013550 Wide as e l 1 ,2? t t Qause t wrapping strip to curl up and ever, I contemplate that the margins l4 may be corneloose from the handle.

s v I relativelywide and the land l3 relativelynarrow "The "foregoing together with further objects, so t is'more in the nature features and advantages of my invention are set Perforating the leathe reitheliin 1311}? land m forth in the following description of a specific 1n the 'i-ZJ SP 1n 1 11 embodiment, of my invention as applied to golf The semi-tacky fimsh 0f the r leather land clubs and illustrated in the accompanying draw- 1 Presents a n- Surface when the p and wherem: the hands are dry. In the presence of moisture,

e f the handle and f either from rain or from perspiration, this grain Fig. 1 is an eleva golf club Showing my grip applied thereto; leather tends to lose its nOn-Skld characteristic.

section of the one-piece leather strip which con- F groove acts rathel: oppositelyn dry stitutes my grip; p 1t 15 not as non-skid as is the semi-tacky grain Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the strip taken lealfher Surface when In the presence of on the line of Fig and moisture the suede surface becomes more non- Fig 4 is a transverse Section of the Strip'simi skid. Also it absorbs perspiration from the .lar to Fig. 3, but showing a modification. handsh Fig. 1 shows the handle portion In ofthe shaft Thus my e n all-weatlrler e Where the H of a golf club The handle portion 3 may be land l3 afiords the greatest traction in the ab- .built up to an increased diameter by'the usual Sence of moisture and Where the suede leather 40 paper listing or filler (not shown) to augment .the

taper of the shaft itself. The sub-grip conformum of the handle may be flared at the upper shit$513lt2n3"t$.21etiofitafiibititf f by the usual Skwed leather m or by ter grasp by the player. The oblique position of 3 able 1 the shoulders,due to the lead of the spiral wrap- The gnp ltself conslst'js of a sfngle stfup ping, presents resistance to both longitudinal and leather-Preferably top gram calfskm sub3ected rotary movement. It better enables the player 011601 the W611 known trefatiments to'give the to resist longitudinal movement of the handle grain surface its characteristic semi-tackiness. withinthe due to e t ifug l f r when 5.) Such treatment usuallyconsists in soaking the the club mg It better enables e player 5 leather in a solution of carnauba w Pitch and to resist rotation of the handle within the hand Heatho Strip Skived ong each due-to the torque force of impact in the instance edge to leave a Wide medial land E3 of top grain of a golf club or, in the instance of a racket, the bordered by narrow margins l4 of ungrained torque force of impact at one side or the other traction in the presence of moisture.

ts suede finish. If desiredthe suede finish margins of the axis of the handle. 65

Fig 2 is a View f the exposed urfa f apshort On the other. hand the suede leather surface of 30 surface of the groove l4 affords the principal 40 Attention is invited to thec extreme simplicity of the means whereby I achieve my all-weather the skiving I4 is arranged medially of the strip l2'leaving lands l3 along each lateral edge llv The shoulders I6 then face each otherjbut the back face I5 still remains flat for surface ad herence to the handle.

Having thus described andillustrated a specific embodiment of my invention, I claim:

1. A grip for a handle of a golf club, racket,

or the like, which consists of a single strip of non-laminated top grain leather spirally wrapped about and secured to the handle in non-overlapping relation with its lateral edges abutting, the strip, throughout at least the greater part of its length, presenting a major width of semi-tacky finish grain and a minor width from which the .top grain has been skived to present a depressed suede finish region whereby the grip presents alternating spirals of grain and suede finish leather.

2. A grip according to claim 1 wherein the suede finish portion .in joining the higher grain portion presents a shoulder for manual engagement to aid in preventing slipping of the grip in the hand.

3. A grip according to claim 1 wherein both margins of the strip are skived down to present a depressed suede finish and the junction between successive convolutions of the wrapping The treatment to which the leather is sub comes medially of a suede finish region and.

spaced from the grain finish region.

4. A surfacing strip adapted to bewrapped about the handle of a golf club, racket, or the like, as the grip therefor, which strip consists of single piece of leather presenting on its outer side a longitudinal. medial band of top grain treated with a solution of wax, pitch and oil to render it semi-tacky and along both its margins skived to remove the top grain and present a depressed margin of suede finish, the junctions of the skived margins with the band of top grain presenting shoulders for manual engagement.

. semi-tacky finish top grain and a skived suede finish depressed portion. 1 i

6. A handle of a golf club, racket, or the like, having a one-piece single-ply leather grip spirally wrapped thereon and outwardly presenting alternate spiraled bands of top grain and suede finish leather, respectively.

7. A grip according to claim 1, wherein a medial band'of the-strip is skived down topresent a depressed suede finish, leaving lands along both lateral edges whereby the spiralled junction line between successive convolutions of the strip comes medially of a grain finish land band.

8. A surfacing strip for wrapping about the handle of a golf club, racket or the like, as a grip therefor which strip consists of a single piece of leather presenting on its outer side a pair of longitudinal bands of top grain treated to render it semi-tacky, the bands running along the respective lateral edges of the strip, and a band extending medially between the top grain bands and skived to remove the top grain and present of suede. surface. 

